Born

Date calculated from age at burial

Mentioned in Will.1

Of Richard Knollys of Mortlake, Surrey.
Probate - 2 October 1770
Executor - Sir Francis Knollys Baronet the son of the deceased  and sole executor
Bequest :-
a) "I give unto Thomas Colsill if he shall be in my service at the time of my decease one Annuity or yearly sum of fifteen pounds during his life to be paid to him quarterly"
b) "also I give and bequeath unto the said Thomas Colsill if he shall be living in my service at the time of my decease the sum of fifty pounds over and above his said Annuity"
c) "together with all my wearing apparel both linen and woollen"

Mentioned in Will.2

Of Ann or Anne Knollys, Widow of Mortlake, Surrey.
Probate date - 17 July 1776
Executor - Richard Taylor, nephew of the deceased
Bequest :-
"unto Sarah Caton my maid and Thomas Colsill my Butler each one hundred pounds"

Witness at wedding in St George Hanover Square.3

of Edward Colsill Edlin and Mary Caton

Married Sarah WILLETTS in Richmond, St Mary Magdalen.8,9

From the Parish Register .-
"Thos Colsill of this Parish Bachelor
and Sarah Caton Widow of the said Parish were
Married in the Church by Banns
this Fourteenth Day of January in the year One thousand Seven Hundred
and Eighty Four. By me Thomas Wakefield Minister.
This Marriage was solemnized between us :
Thos. Colsill
Sarah Caton
In the presence of :
George Hanna
Eliz. Hanna"

Fire Insurance.4

Company - Sun Fire Insurance
Policy No - 504074
Insured value - 700 GBP
Name - Thomas Colsill
Occupation/Status - Gent
Place - Mortlake, Surry

Wrote will.5

1) In the Name of God Amen
2) I Thomas Colsill of the Parish of Mortlake in the
3) County of Surrey being of unsafe body yet of sound
4) mind memory and understanding thanks be to God
5) for it so therefore make and (???) publish and
6) declare this my last Will and Testament that is to
7) say I first and principally commend my soul to God
8) my Creator and my body to the Earth to be (??)
9) ......

Some of the names mentioned in the Will :-
1. "my loving sister Sarah D??? of Harefield"
2. "my loving sister Eleanor Burroughs of Harefield"
3. "my loving sister Mary Colsill of Church Court in the parish of St James London"
4. "Catherine Field of Harefield"
5. "Mrs. Dorcas Taylor of Mortlake"
6. "Mrs. Sarah Richmond wife of William Richmond and daughter of the aforesaid Dorcas Taylor"
7. "Ann Burk the wife of Joseph Burk
8. "Jane Ayres the wife of John Ayres of Hungerford Wiltshire"
9. "Susannah Ford wife of Henry Ford of Church Court St James"
10. "Rose Clifton of Kingston Surrey"
11. "Sarah Burk daughter of Ann and Joseph Burk"
12. "John Ayres son of John and Jane Ayres
13. "John Ford son of Susan and Henry Ford"
14. "Thomas Taylor son of the above said Dorcas Taylor"
15. "William Richmond son of the above mentioned Sarah and William Richmond"
16. "my loving wife Sarah Colsill"
17. "Edward Edlin of New Bond Street"
18. "Edward Colsill Edlin son of the above mentioned Edward Edlin"

Place mentioned :-
"my freehold estate situated lying and being near the sign of the Ship in Mortlake"

Witnessed by :-
George Hanna of Richmond
Jn Davis of Mortlake surgeon
William Richmond of Mortlake

Buried in Harefield, St Mary the Virgin.6,7

"Godfather of Edward Colsill Edlin"

Age - 63 years

From the Parish Register :-
"Thomas Colsill Buried April the 27"

Probate.5

Executors :-
Sarah Colsill, widow, the relic
Edward Edlin